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  1. Are You Man Enough To Be A Nurse?

    Even at 7% , the newest number, and 5.4 , the more accurate according to survey, it's still "Are you Woman Enough". WHAT is so wrong with women dominating the profession. The answer should encourage some discussion...and reflection... The fact is tha...
  2. Is a pacifier a chargeable item in your facility?

    Our pacifiers are chargeable, no matter the type. We don't use the nipples sent along with the forumula as pacifiers....those are not charged but are only for forula or Expressed milk ingestion. We have three kinds, preemie, term, and nuk....all cha...
  3. In researching the shortage, I found myself referring to the Roy Model of nursing while discussing hospital hegemony.This is purely recollection from my nursing theory studies. I recall an image from the book involving circles, and in which , if ...
  4. Nurse Doctorate degree

    More power to you on getting a ND now, while the opportunity is yours. But I have a very contrarian view for the people who generated this opportunity for you. I can't help but feel that these alternate methods to higher degrees in nursing, rather t...
  5. Nursing Strikes

    I'm wondering if anyone can tell me where I might find a sort of "log" of nursing strikes. I am particularly interested in the mid 90s on, but a full graph history would also be helpful. I've done a full search through government statistics of all re...
  6. Nursing Strikes

    Thank you Agnus.
  7. Nursing Strikes

    Can anyone direct me to a site or resource logging nursing strikes as events? That is, a log which merely tells what facility's nurses struck and when, in tandem with other facilities, nationwide. I am interested in the activity of strikes on a so...
  8. The facility in which I work does not utilize mandatory OT as much as it utilizes mandatory Paid Leave for periods of low census. Mandatory paid leave means that if they are overbooked on nurses, at 1 hour before shift start, nurses scheduled to work...
  9. What's the deal with unions?

    Thank you for the enlightenment. I have attempted to access the article which you quoted, but the link is old and unavailable. Interesting, then...the union managed to get the facility to abide by the intent of the initial legislation. Not really err...
  10. I want some imput regarding differentials as you currently experience them. Please give me your state of practice when you answer. Thanks.... Statistics exist for the median salary of nurses nationwide and broken down into geographic region [see http...
  11. What's the deal with unions?

    Sorry to be so long in this, but the initial questions demand thorough response. Mandatory overtime is not something a union can erradicate, and looking for a union to do this is misplaced energy. This is a legislative issue. As long as an individual...